Soap guard



March 3, 1936. e. 0. WILSON SOAP GUARD Filed Spt. 5, 1934 INyENTOR George 0. wLZsor- BY M W ATTOR WITNESSES v NEY Patented Mar. 3, 1936 SOAP GUARD George Otis Wilson, Dallas, Tex.

Application September 5, 1934, Serial No. 742,799

1 Claim.

This invention relates to soap guards, an object of the invention being to provide a guard which is adapted to be located and properly secured around the head or at least the forepart of the head below the hair-line, and which will catch and divert soap and soapy water from the hair and prevent it from dripping into the eyes of the user.

It is a well known fact that children particularly object to having their hair washed because of the fact that soap and soapy water will fall or drip into the eyes and cause great discomfort, and it is the purpose of this invention to provide a device which will absolutely prevent this discomfort and annoyance, and

While the device is particularly adapted for use with children it is obvious that it can be employed with equal facility for adults.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can be manufactured and sold at an extremely low price, and which will be most efficient in the performance of its functions.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating my improved soap guard in operative position on the head of the user;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the guard removed;

35 Figure 3 is a somewhat exaggerated view in vertical section through the central portion of the guard;

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 1 illustrating a modification.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the guard shown in Figure 4.

The reference character A is employed to indicate generally my improved soap guard, which specifically consists of an inner wall I and an 4 outer wall 2, which are preferably integrally connected at or adjacent their lower edges forming a gutter with open ends to allow any soap or soapy water falling therein to drain from the ends of the gutter. This guard may be made of any suitable material; it may be wholly or partially of resilient material, but in any event it is to be sufficiently flexible to readily conform to the shape of the head and to snugly fit against the head so as to insure soapy Water will pass into the gutter, and not between the guard and head.

Various means may be employed for securing the device around the head of the user. For example, in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing I show the guard as having strap-like extensions 33 at the ends of the gutter which are adapted to be positioned around the back of the head of the user and connected by any suitable fastening means.

I illustrate any ordinary snap fastener 4 for the purpose, but it is obvious that the device may be secured together by any suitable fastening means.

Further more, it will be noted that in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing the gutter or guard A is of such a length that its ends extend beyond the ears of the wearer so as to discharge the water back of the ears.

This, however, is not an essential of the device as the gutter may be of such a length as to discharge in front of the ears of the user, as shown in Figures 4 and 5. In the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5 instead of the fastening means indicated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing I employ ear pieces 5 which are connected to the ends of the gutter or guard and adapted to be positioned back of the ears of the user.

As above stated,

the invention is not limited to the materials employed or to the precise shape and arrangement of the device, as illustrated, and various changes may be made with regard to the form and arrangement of parts without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

of the user.

GEORGE OTIS WILSON. 

